Published in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg on April 01, 2004
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Long term survival of patients with unsuspected n2 disease in non-small cell lung cancer. Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2013) 0.82
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Clinical spectrum of mediastinal cysts. Chest (2003) 3.69
The World Health Organization histologic classification system reflects the oncologic behavior of thymoma: a clinical study of 273 patients. Cancer (2002) 3.29
Bone marrow stromal cells generate muscle cells and repair muscle degeneration. Science (2005) 2.89
Impact of impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance on the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Japanese population: the Saku study. Diabetologia (2013) 2.40
Benefits of surgery for patients with pulmonary metastases from colorectal carcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 2.38
Primary germ cell tumors in the mediastinum: a 50-year experience at a single Japanese institution. Cancer (2003) 2.27
Improvement in cognitive impairment after cataract surgery in elderly patients. J Cataract Refract Surg (2004) 2.24
Long-term outcomes after a variety of video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy approaches for clinical stage IA lung cancer: a multi-institutional study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 2.23
Properties of perimetric threshold estimates from Full Threshold, SITA Standard, and SITA Fast strategies. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2002) 2.01
Surgical resection for lung cancer with infiltration of the thoracic aorta. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.75
Risk of pleural recurrence after computed tomographic-guided percutaneous needle biopsy in stage I lung cancer patients. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.71
Gefitinib in patients with brain metastases from non-small-cell lung cancer: review of 15 clinical cases. Clin Lung Cancer (2004) 1.57
Validation of pN2 sub-classifications in patients with pathological stage IIIA N2 non-small cell lung cancer. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2011) 1.57
Efficacy and safety of tracheobronchoplasty after induction therapy for locally advanced lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.51
The impact of residual multi-level N2 disease after induction therapy for non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer (2003) 1.48
Virtual mediastinoscopy for safer and more accurate mediastinal exploration. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.44
Clinicopathological investigation of 20 cases of primary tracheal cancer. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 1.44
Optimal distance of malignant negative margin in excision of nonsmall cell lung cancer: a multicenter prospective study. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 1.33
Overexpression of the Wilms' tumor gene WT1 in de novo lung cancers. Int J Cancer (2002) 1.32
Pleiotropic effects of sitagliptin in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. J Clin Med Res (2012) 1.17
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition is a determinant of sensitivity to chemoradiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.15
Current surgical intervention for pulmonary tuberculosis. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.14
Overexpression of ADAM9 in non-small cell lung cancer correlates with brain metastasis. Cancer Res (2004) 1.14
Esophageal schwannoma: report of a case. Surg Today (2007) 1.14
Total thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 1.13
Using the World Health Organization Classification of thymic epithelial neoplasms to describe CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2002) 1.12
Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma from the uterus in a postmenopausal woman: report of a case. Surg Today (2004) 1.11
Is segmentectomy suitable for solid-type lung cancer? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2013) 1.09
Clinical spectrum of primary mediastinal tumors: a comparison of adult and pediatric populations at a single Japanese institution. J Surg Oncol (2003) 1.08
Clinical spectrum of pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2008) 1.08
Photochemical monoalkylation of propanedinitrile by electron-rich alkenes. Org Lett (2008) 1.07
Amelioration of pulmonary emphysema by in vivo gene transfection with hepatocyte growth factor in rats. Circulation (2005) 1.06
Impact of positive pleural lavage cytology on survival in patients having lung resection for non-small-cell lung cancer: An international individual patient data meta-analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.06
Comparison of surgical results after pneumonectomy and sleeve lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: trends over time and 20-year institutional experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.06
IgG4-associated prostatitis complicating autoimmune pancreatitis. Intern Med (2006) 1.05
Tracheo-arterial fistula in tracheostomy patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Brain Dev (2005) 1.03
Surgical results for chronic empyema using omental pedicled flap: long-term follow-up study. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.02
Surgical outcome of stage IIIA- cN2/pN2 non-small-cell lung cancer patients in Japanese lung cancer registry study in 2004. J Thorac Oncol (2012) 1.02
Postoperative radiation therapy after complete resection of thymoma has little impact on survival. Cancer (2009) 1.01
Matured mediastinal teratoma extending into the cervical neck of an adult. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2003) 1.01
Outcome of surgical treatment for recurrent thymic epithelial tumors with reference to world health organization histologic classification system. J Surg Oncol (2007) 1.00
Alogliptin ameliorates postprandial lipemia and postprandial endothelial dysfunction in non-diabetic subjects: a preliminary report. Cardiovasc Diabetol (2013) 0.99
Management and surgical resection for tracheobronchial tumors institutional experience with 12 patients. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2007) 0.99
Surgical intervention for malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the lung: report of a case. Surg Today (2007) 0.99
Combined surgery of intrapleural perfusion hyperthermic chemotherapy and panpleuropneumonectomy for lung cancer with advanced pleural spread: a pilot study. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2003) 0.99
Long-term graft patency after replacement of the brachiocephalic veins combined with resection of mediastinal tumors. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 0.98
Magnetic nanoparticles with surface modification enhanced gene delivery of HVJ-E vector. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2005) 0.98
Partial cancer prevalence in Japan up to 2020: estimates based on incidence and survival data from population-based cancer registries. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2008) 0.97
Carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder producing alpha-fetoprotein and manifesting as leukocytosis with elevated serum granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: report of a case. Surg Today (2009) 0.97
Prognosis of smokers following resection of pathological stage I non-small-cell lung carcinoma. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.97
Lugol-voiding lesions are an important risk factor for a second primary squamous cell carcinoma in patients with esosphageal cancer or head and neck cancer. Am J Gastroenterol (2011) 0.96
Carinoplasty with telescope anastomosis for tuberculous bronchial stenosis. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann (2009) 0.96
Survival differences by gender for resected non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis of 12,509 cases in a Japanese Lung Cancer Registry study. J Thorac Oncol (2010) 0.96
A new tissue-sealing technique using the Ligasure system for nonanatomical pulmonary resection: preliminary results of sutureless and stapleless thoracoscopic surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 0.96
p38 MAPK phosphorylation and NF-kappa B activation in human crescentic glomerulonephritis. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2002) 0.95
WT1 IgG antibody for early detection of nonsmall cell lung cancer and as its prognostic factor. Int J Cancer (2009) 0.95
Fibrocytes are involved in the pathogenesis of human chronic kidney disease. Hum Pathol (2009) 0.95
Clinicopathologic study of resected, peripheral, small-sized, non-small cell lung cancer tumors of 2 cm or less in diameter: pleural invasion and increase of serum carcinoembryonic antigen level as predictors of nodal involvement. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.94
The oncological feasibility and limitations of video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy for early-stage thymomas. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 0.94
Predictive factors for postoperative acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia combined with lung cancer. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.94
Visceral pleural invasion classification in non-small-cell lung cancer in the 7th edition of the tumor, node, metastasis classification for lung cancer: validation analysis based on a large-scale nationwide database. J Thorac Oncol (2013) 0.94
False positive accumulation in 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan due to sarcoid reaction following induction chemotherapy for lung cancer. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 0.94
Novel approach for detection of isolated tumor cells in pulmonary vein using negative selection method: morphological classification and clinical implications. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 0.93
Extended operation for invasive thymoma with intracaval and intracardiac extension. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 0.93
Risk of smoking and body mass index for incidence of diabetes mellitus in a rural Japanese population. Prev Med (2012) 0.92
A new electrocautery pleural biopsy technique using an insulated-tip diathermic knife during semirigid pleuroscopy. Surg Endosc (2009) 0.91
Second primary cancers in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer successfully treated with chemo-radiotherapy. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2005) 0.91
Risk stratification for lung cancer surgery: impact of induction therapy and extended resection. Chest (2005) 0.90
Surgery for small cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis of 243 patients from Japanese Lung Cancer Registry in 2004. J Thorac Oncol (2014) 0.90
Fall in diffusing capacity associated with induction therapy for lung cancer: a predictor of postoperative complication? Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 0.90
Localization of FAK is related with colorectal carcinogenesis. Int J Oncol (2008) 0.90
Localized pleural malignant mesothelioma. Pathol Int (2003) 0.90
Interaction between non-small-cell lung cancer cells and fibroblasts via enhancement of TGF-β signaling by IL-6. Lung Cancer (2013) 0.89
Thymic carcinoma. Clinical institutional experience with 15 patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.89
New prognostic indicator for non-small-cell lung cancer, quantitation of thymidylate synthase by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Int J Cancer (2003) 0.89